Federalism Government Test

What are the powers that the Constitution does not grant to the National Government and does not deny to the States?

Reserved Powers

What does the 10th Amendment provide for?

division of powers

What are delegated powers? What are the 3 types of delegated powers?

-The powers granted to the national government in the Constitution
-expressed/enumerated powers, implied powers, and inherent powers.

What powers can be exercised only by the National Government?

exclusive powers

What is federalism?

division of power of government

What powers given to the National Government are spelled out in the Constitution?

expressed/enumerated powers

What powers are given to the National Government because it is the national government of a sovereign state in the world community?

inherent powers

What powers given to the National Government are reasonably suggested by the Constitution?

implied powers

What powers can be exercised by both the National Government and the States?

concurrent powers

political cartoon

federal government -to- local government -to- state government
-each represent the three men
-meant in a negative way
-block grant is harming children (dealing with education)
-they are passing the responsibility
-not being an effective government
-the government isn't looking after the vulnerable

Why did the Framers choose federalism?

Believed that the government needed to be restrained

-Governmental power poses a threat to individual liberty
-That governmental power must be restrained
-To divide governmental power is to prevent its abuse

What is "Republican Form of Government" generally understood to mean?

representative government

What is the one restriction that the Constitution places on the National Government in the admission of new states into the Union?

the government cannot impose political nature and cannot take territory from another state without permission

What are grants intended for a broadly defined purpose such as health care, social services, or welfare?

block grants

What kind of act directs the people of a territory to frame a proposed State constitution?

enabling act and then act of admission

What kind of act creates a new State?

categorical

Which grants have a narrowly-defined purpose such as school lunches, airport construction, or wastewater treatment plants?

project grants

What are the grants of federal money or other resources to the States and/or their cities, counties, or other local units called?

grants and aids program

What are the National Government's obligations to the States?

republican form of government, protection from invasion, and respect for territorial integrity

What is an agreement between States with Congressional consent?

interstate compacts

In Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution, what term refers to documents such as a birth certificate?

record

In Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution, what term refers to laws of a state?

full faith and credit

In Article IV, Section 1 of the Constitution, what term refers to the outcome of court actions?

public acts

What constitutional clause requires a State government to recognize valid laws, documents, and rulings from other State governments?

judicial

What is the legal process by which a fugitive from justice in one State can be returned to that State?

extradition

What constitutional clause prohibits a State from drawing unreasonable distinctions between its own residents and those of persons living in other States?

privileges and immunities

Which court case involved drawing unreasonable distinctions between citizens of different States?

Hickman V

What are the exceptions to the Full Faith and Credit Clause?

civil matters

What constitutional clause allows people of one State to travel to another State without a special passport?

privileges and immunities

What conditions for admission into the Union were later struck down by the Supreme Court?

cannot impose conditions onto a sta

What clause deals with conflicts between national law and State law?

supremacy clause

What is an interstate compact?

agreements between states

What court case justified the ideas of implied powers & the supremacy clause?

McClellan V Maryland

What did the Supreme Court rule in the court case U.S. v. Lopez?

federal government overstretches authority

What did the Morrill Act help establish?

land grant colleges and universities